A Colorful, Dramatic Recruitment!

[sugarberry]

I have debated posting my recruitment story here for several months, but I finally decided to do it. I attend a private school where Greek life is surprisingly big. Approximately 700 PNMs went through formal recruitment, and approximately 440 received bids. Lots of people go through recruitment on a whim, and recs aren’t a big deal, though I had one for every house. Recruitment happened in January, so I had already gotten to know girls in most of the houses. Between the start of the school year and recruitment, I deliberately tried to NOT listen to gossip about “top houses” because I wanted to base my choices on where I felt I fit in.


Round 1:
Round 1 was spread out over 2 days. We visited 6 houses the first day and 6 houses the second day. There are a total of 12 houses at my college. I’ll name them after colors because I always have trouble keeping track of the creative names in some of these threads! Note that the colors I pick don’t correspond to the official colors of the sorority. Here are the 12 houses and my opinions during Round 1. We only spent 20 minutes at each house, so the day went by very fast and I don’t remember much!


Purple: I liked purple and I talked to some great girls there.
Brown: The girls I spoke to at this house were very sweet and pretty. The house mom welcomed us into the house, and she reminded me of Mrs. Claus! I thought that was nice that she participated in recruitment like that.
Yellow: I knew several girls in this house both from my high school and at college. I spoke to other girls that I didn’t know during Round 1, and they seemed sweet.
Orange: I got matched with a girl I already knew, so we had a fun conversation. She and I both knew that this wasn’t the house for me, though. This house is known for having very outspoken, outgoing girls, and I am neither.
Red: I did not feel welcome at Red. The girl I spoke to was looking around as I talked to her, as though she was not interested in what I had to say. It was a little awkward.
Blue: I really liked this house. The girls reminded me of my friends from high school. They were sweet yet had sarcastic senses of humor.
Turquoise: This house did not stick out to me. The girls were nice but a bit unmemorable.
Pink: The girls here were nice, but a little bit awkward. They seemed nervous, which I thought was odd because I was the one who was supposed to be nervous!
Green: One of my good childhood friends is in this chapter, and though we weren’t matched together I really liked the girls I talked to here.
Lime green: I knew several members of this house, and the girl I talked to had a lot in common with me. She was very fun and smiley.
Black: I actually don’t remember a thing about this house, except for the fact that one girl I spoke to had really pretty curly hair.
Crimson: This house was decorated beautifully with a French country theme. I told the girl I was talking to how much I liked it, and we got into a great discussion about interior design. She was someone I could really see myself being friends with.

For Round 2, philanthropy round, we would be attending up to 9 houses. There was only one house, Red, that I really did not want to go back to. My favorites after Round 1 were Brown, Blue, and Crimson. After the first night, I ranked these three houses as the ones I would prefer not to go to:
Turquoise
Pink
Red

After Round 1, I promptly did my homework (classes were in session during recruitment!!) and went to bed. The guys in my dorm were all confused as to where all the girls had gone!